Alternative forms

• proof-of-stake

Noun

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1. (cryptocurrenciesCategory:en:Cryptocurrency#PROOFOFSTAKE) A process for transaction verification on a blockchain which does not require energy-intensive mining.

   Synonym: PoS

   Coordinate term: proof of work

   • 2016, Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 209:

     The purest form of proof of stake is simply to make mining easier for those who can show they control a large amount of currency.

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Further reading

• proof of stake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia